What is Corrective Action II?
Under the No Child Left Behind law, schools enter “Corrective Action” status when they fail to make “Adequate Yearly Progress” (AYP) for four years. Schools that fail to make AYP for a fifth year move into “Corrective Action II,” subjecting them to the most stringent remedies under the law. How many schools are in Corrective Action II? • Seventy Philadelphia schools are in Corrective Action II, accounting for half of the total in Pennsylvania. Of the 70, 19 are categorized by the state as Corrective Action II – Year 5; these schools have never made all their AYP targets, and have been in Corrective Action II since 2003. • Five Philadelphia charter schools are also in Corrective Action II (Community Academy, Germantown Settlement, Hope, Leadership Learning Partners, and Wakisha). • As many as 24 additional District schools could move into Corrective Action II status in 2008. These include nine schools in Corrective Action I and 15 schools classified as “Making Progress” that would rever
